Friday, November 05, 2004

scars

“The most dangerous man in the world is the contemplative who is guided by nobody. He trusts his own visions. He obeys the attractions of an inner voice, but will not listen to other men. He identifies the will of God with his own heart. . . . And if the sheer force of his own self-confidence communicates itself to other people and gives them the impression that he really is a saint, such a man can wreck a whole city or a religious order or even a nation. The world is covered with scars that have been left in its flesh by visionaries like these.”

Thomas Merton

1 Comments:

Blogger Pablo. said...

Dana, I really like that quote... and of course, it's very a propos.

November 5, 2004 at 11:59 PM  

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